Re: [IxDA Discuss] tools for diary study

2010-01-18 Thread penny hagen
Oh - scratch that last para - Suze has provided a better link and an answer to my questions about 7daysinmylife - thanks Suze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48409 __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] tools for diary study

2010-01-18 Thread penny hagen
Hi Christina depending on what you are after you might want to look at Tumblr, which you can set up yourself and is pretty straight forward for you and for participants. In the past I have used wordpress blogs (one per participant) customised to allow moblogging but that was before Tumblr was arou

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Audience segmentation and user modelling

2009-06-22 Thread penny hagen
Probably intersects with aspects of the above, but there is also things like roles - either on the site (various types of access, permissions or membership), as well as roles in the world, i.e I if the site represents a membership based organisation I might be an associate member of an organisation

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Iterating the design of online services based on use and user feedback

2009-06-18 Thread penny hagen
Oh I saw Daniels presentation too - thanks Suze - an excellent reference - http://www.webdirections.org/resources/daniel-burka-interaction-design-case-studies/#slides And thanks to you and Kevin for the other tips, off to follow up now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] Iterating the design of online services based on use and user feedback

2009-06-18 Thread penny hagen
Dear List I am doing some research on the different strategies companies are using to iterate the design of online services after they have been released - in beta or otherwise. Specifically how are they taking feedback from users (in use) to inform those iterations and changes to design. Sort of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Evaluating off-the-shelf products

2009-06-17 Thread penny hagen
In the past we have developed a matrix of "needs" and compared those to the product. - like a comparative feature list. Then done informal usability testing on the demo's. Whilst that's useful for comparing features/cost etc it doesn't necessary reveal if there are fundamental assumptions within t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Evaluating off-the-shelf products

2009-06-17 Thread penny hagen
In the past we have developed a matrix of "needs" and compared those to the product. - like a comparative feature list. Then done informal usability testing on the demo's. Whilst that's useful for comparing features/cost etc it doesn't necessary reveal if there are fundamental assumptions within t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] examples of practical research Ph.D programmes

2009-06-15 Thread penny hagen
Hi Natasha Creativity and Cognition Studios at UTS also do practice-based PhD's. http://www.creativityandcognition.com/ They also sometimes run seminars on practice-based research. Goodluck with your work. Penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design research.

2009-05-21 Thread penny hagen
And in case its of interest to others I note that this conversation is continuing on the Phd Design List where Leonardo also posted the question. e.g https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0905&L=PHD-DESIGN&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=90335 and https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0905

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design research.

2009-05-21 Thread penny hagen
ironically I managed to break the list trying to post a longish response to this thread - perhaps reflecting the complexities of the question?! so I posted it here instead. http://www.smallfire.co.nz/2009/05/21/design-research-design-research-design-research/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Diagraming social networks

2009-04-29 Thread penny hagen
Hi Greg Not sure exactly what you're after but David Armano generously shares his information graphics/visualisations, many of which relate to aspects of social networks... http://www.flickr.com/photos/7855...@n02/sets/72157606844282993/ Cheers, penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recommendations on Remote Unmoderated Usability Test Tools?

2009-04-10 Thread penny hagen
oh, actually here is a recent and related thread http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=41078 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41093 W

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recommendations on Remote Unmoderated Usability Test Tools?

2009-04-10 Thread penny hagen
This was posted somewhere the other day, I haven't had a chance to look at it myself but perhaps others have or know of it. http://www.loop11.com/ according to the website "Loop11 is a web-based user-experience tool, allowing companies to conduct remote, unmoderated usability testing on any kind

[IxDA Discuss] using flickry/youtubey/bloggy tools for user research and the question of data \'safety\'?

2009-02-26 Thread penny hagen
I am writing to ask peoples experiences and opinions about using platforms such as flickr, youtube, blogger etc for doing user research, e.g having people create photo or video diaries on these platforms or participate in remote user research via blogs. Specifically I am interested in the ethics o

[IxDA Discuss] using flickry/youtubey/bloggy tools for user research and the question of data \'safety\'?

2009-02-25 Thread penny hagen
I am writing to ask peoples experiences and opinions about using platforms such as flickr, youtube, blogspot etc for doing user research, e.g having people create photo or video diaries on these platforms or participate in remote user research via blogs. Specifically I am interested in the ethics

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX testing on social networks

2009-02-15 Thread penny hagen
I agree that Diaries can be useful pre and post launch. For early research into use contexts I have used what we called Mobile Diaries which combine mobile phones and blogs to allow people to moblog in situ as well as correspond online later and reflect. (The emphasis here is more about reflection,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Testing and feedback from only one person

2009-02-07 Thread penny hagen
Hi Hans I am not sure exactly what position you are wanting to take based on this question, but I thought it was worth asking the following: even if there is only one person who will operate the system, (i.e the nurse), are there not also others that are stakeholders in the system too? If I unders

Re: [IxDA Discuss] usability testing equipment for mobile devices

2009-01-18 Thread penny hagen
Hi Juan What is it that you aim to test? While I personally haven't used any of the three tools you list here so can't comment on them specifically, I can say that having a fixed device limits you from testing anything to do with being "mobile". Best practice approaches to mobile usability really

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IDEO Method Cards

2008-12-03 Thread penny hagen
I use them regularly, not so much to actually take and use the specific activity that is on the card, but almost as a brainstorm exercise to begin thinking about approaching codesign or collaboration aspects of a project. I often find myself asking or working out what the best methods will be for